Bookplate of Christoph Scheurl.

Woodcut, 16,4 x 12,6 cm, laid paper with unidentified watermark, Latin text (foxing, sl. toned, tear strengthened).

Stuck by corners under passe-partout.

A full-length female figure with a lush feathered hat. First used in a 1511 publication of Scheurl's writings printed by Stöckel in Leipzig. As the inscription states, the arms represented are those of Christoph Scheurl's parents, Christoph Scheurl I (1457-1519) and Helena Tucher (1462-1516). Two lines of xylographic lettering in Latin at top. Formerly attr. to Dürer.
Ref. German Hollstein 144. - O'Dell 358 - Bartsch 291.
Prov. Illegible stamp.